18 MAY 1929, Page 1

Election Addresses ' It is impossible to keep abreast of

all the speeches, but we may pick out some of the most significant events: The -newspapers of Monday published the Election Addresses of Mr. Baldwin and Mr. MacDonald. Mr. Baldwin notes that in spite of unemployment the pros- perity of the people as a whole is greater than ever before in British history.. "I make no spectacular promises," he says, "but I am resolved to consolidate the advances already made." Herpoints out that the 'Empire to-day is by far the best market which Great Britain has. Hence the creation of a Colonial Development Fund to make good better. He renews the pledges that there shall be no taxation of food and no general tariff, but sub- ject to those pledges no industry will be debarred from presenting to an impartial tribunal its claim for a Safe- guarding duty.